WoW Forever Paladin changes
All Paladin changes from the Blizzard developer notes (new spells, talents, tuning), grouped by date. See what is different from Classic at a glance.
- November 11, 2026LatestWoW Forever Hotfixes
- Judgement now counts as a ranged attack — no melee item/effect procs, uses ranged hit
- Retribution: after the Holy Strike Windfury fix, Unsealed Fury no longer echoes Windfury Totem attacks
- November 10, 2026WoW Forever Hotfixes
- Redoubt can be tracked in the Cooldown Manager
- November 9, 2026WoW Forever Hotfixes
- Consecration bonus damage no longer stops when the first target leaves or dies
- Seals now display correctly in the Cooldown Manager
- November 2, 2026WoW Forever Beta Development Notes
- Righteous Fury at 10 instead of 16; all threat +33% plus 90% extra from Holy damage
- Blessing of Salvation, Greater Salvation, Revoke and Blessing of Light removed
- Holy: new Oath of Light (heal-boost oath on one ally) and Boundless Light; Holy Power becomes 10–50% crit healing
- Protection: new Stoicism and Shieldsworn; Improved Righteous Fury 3/6/9%; One-Handed Weapon Specialization removed; Templar's Bulwark dispellable
- Retribution: new Turn Evil and Unsealed Wrath (31-point); Two-Handed Weapon Specialization also boosts Holy 2/4/6%; Instrument of Law removed
- Confirms the Paladin rework seen in the Oct 30 datamine
- October 31, 2026Class hotfixes (datamined · unofficial)
- Removed: One-Handed Weapon Specialization (Prot), Instrument of Law (Ret) / New: Boundless Light (Holy), Stoicism (Prot), Turn Evil (Ret)
- Renamed: Voice of Truth → Oath of Light, Improved Seal of Fury → Shieldsworn, Twist of Light → Unsealed Wrath
- Redoubt block chance 20% → 30%; Holy Shield talent damage per block 110 → 75
- Improved Righteous Fury damage reduction 6% → 9%; Divine Precision Holy hit 12% (3 ranks) → 8% (2 ranks)
- Seal of Fury taunt 4 sec → 3 sec; some blessings (Blessing of Light and others) leave the spellbook
- Talent positions, rank counts and prerequisites shift in all three trees — expect to re-spec
- October 15, 2026WoW Forever Beta Development Notes
- Blessing of Salvation → Salvation (stacks with blessings) plus Revoke to remove it
- Righteous Fury threat up to 90%; Consecration spell power coefficient lowered
- Reckoning stores up to 4 charges and fires on your next swing, as in Classic
- October 8, 2026WoW Forever Beta Development Notes
- Retribution Aura uses the Paladin’s spell power
- Reckoning has a 1.5 sec cooldown
- September 24, 2026WoW Forever Beta Development Notes
- Holy Strike stronger (10 sec cooldown)
- Righteous Fury threat 60%
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Source: Blizzard developer notes on the official forums. Items are short summaries written by Forever Assist, not translations. Check the original for exact numbers.